Ecclesiastes 7:11

Wysdome with inheritaunce is good, yet better is it with them that without care may beholde the sunne:

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun.

In Context

10Say not thou, What is the cause that the dayes of the old time were better then they that be nowe? for that were no wyse question.

12For wysdome defendeth aswell as money, and the excellent knowledge & wysdome geueth lyfe vnto hym that hath it in possession.

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Cross References

Proverbs 3:14For the marchaundise of it, is better then the marchaundise of siluer, and the gayne therof [is better] then golde.

Proverbs 8:10Receaue my doctrine and not siluer, and knowledge rather then fine golde:

Ecclesiastes 2:13And I sawe that wisdome excelleth foolishnesse, as farre as light doth darknesse.

Ecclesiastes 11:7The light is sweete, and a pleasaunt thing is it for the eyes to looke vpon the sunne.

Matthew Henry on Ecclesiastes 7:8-11

Scenes of Mourning and of Joy. 7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart. 8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. 9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. 10 Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this. Solomon had often complained before of the oppressions which he saw under the… Read the whole commentary →

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